Success in any undertaking comes of patient, unremitting effort. You cannot have it, unless you resolutely concentrate your energies upon your work; and resolutely refuse to be diverted by other subjects, no matter how important or interesting. When something else thrusts itself in, and demands notice, you must be ready to say: “I pass that by. I am going ahead.”
CIGAR LIGHTER
c. 1870
White metal, mythological form of "Foo" lion-dog used as a cigar lighter. Acquired by Willam Seward on his trip around the world.
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